"BIRDMAN" 119 minutes • Not reviewed • R for language throughout, some sexual content and brief violence • Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton • A washed-up actor must overcome his ego and family trouble as he mounts a Broadway play in a bid to reclaim his past glory • Moxie Cinema

"LAGGIES" 99 minutes • Not reviewed • R for language, some sexual material and teen partying • Keira Knightley, Chloë Grace Moretz, Sam Rockwell • In the middle of a life crisis, Megan panics when her boyfriend proposes, taking an opportunity to escape for a week • Moxie Cinema

SPECIAL

LATE NIGHT MADNESS: "BIG" 104 minutes • PG • Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia • A boy wishes to be big at a magic wish machine. When he wakes up the next morning, he finds himself in an adult body • 9:15 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday • Palace Theatre

"THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE" 95 minutes • Not rated • Fernando Fernán Gómez, Teresa Gimpera, Ana Torrent • A seven-year-old girl living in 1940 in a small Spanish village is traumatized after viewing the movie "Frankenstein" and drifts into her own fantasy world • Moxie Cinema, 1 p.m. Saturday

RETURNING

"DOLPHIN TALE 2" 107 minutes • ★★★ • PG • Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Nathan Gamble • The team that saved Winter's life comes together after her surrogate mother's passing in order to find her a companion so she can remain at the marine hospital • Palace Theatre

"BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP" 92 minutes • Not reviewed • R for brutal violence and language • Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth, Mark Strong • A woman wakes up every day, remembering nothing as a result of a traumatic accident in her past until a new terrifying truth develops • Campbell 16, B&B Theatre, Branson Meadows

"THE GIVER" 94 minutes • ★★ • PG-13 for a mature thematic image and some sci-fi action/violence • Brenton Thwaites, Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep • A boy is chosen to learn from an elder about the pain and pleasure of the "real" world outside of their perfect community • Palace Theatre

"THE JUDGE" 141 minutes • ★★½ • R for language including some sexual references • Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga • A man returns to his childhood home after learning his father, the town's judge, is a suspect in a murder • Campbell 16,Elite Cinema III

"LEFT BEHIND" 110 minutes • ★ • PG-13 for some thematic elements, violence/peril and brief drug content • Nicolas Cage, Lea Thompson, Cassi Thomson • Millions of people suddenly vanish, and the world is plunged into chaos with only a small group of survivors left behind • Palace Theatre,Branson Meadows

"THE MAZE RUNNER" 113 minutes • ★★ • PG-13 for thematic elements and intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, including some disturbing images • Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Will Poulter • A community of boys with their memory erased soon learn they're all trapped in a maze that will require them to join forces as "runners" for a shot at escape • Campbell 16

"THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU" 103 minutes • ★★½ • R for language, sexual content and some drug use • Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Jane Fonda • Four grown siblings return to their childhood home after their father dies • Palace Theatre